Tag: foreign
group name: worldcommunity
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April 16, 2008 06:27 PM EDT --
The role of the Roman Church by this Pope as he perceives it is now evident. Lecturing Muslims on their faith, he has demonstrated his vast knowledge of Christian theology . . . more
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June 13, 2006 01:50 PM EDT --
The day before yesterday and a few days before that I made allusions to and wrote about Dr. Brydon and what happened during the First Afghan War. In late 2001 I was pretty darn convinced that what is happening . . . more
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July 05, 2006 10:49 PM EDT --
This post comes from a comment made in this post. It is about why we cannot discuss Israel in this country like mature adults:
If they want to discuss the role of AIPAC on American foreign policy, well, . . . more
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June 02, 2006 12:16 AM EDT --
Several days ago William Arkin wrote up a post at the WaPo about what we discussed last night. I find Arkin's post much better and more thought provoking than George Friedman's, mostly because . . . more
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February 19, 2008 05:52 PM EST --
Since the 1979 revolution, Iran has had 28 electoral contests, with most representing a challenge for "Islamic democracy". Next month's contest, on March 14th, may be especially . . . more
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October 09, 2006 11:45 AM EDT --
The U.N. Security Council today formally nominated South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon to be the next Secretary General of the United Nations.
Ban, 62, has been South Korea's foreign minister . . . more
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June 27, 2006 12:30 PM EDT --
I'll be back to blogging later today. I'm going to try and wrap up the last 100 or so pages of Ron Suskind's new book, "The One Percent Doctrine."
In the interim, from page 65, here's . . . more
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July 15, 2008 08:39 PM EDT --
Iran-US: A study in misperceptions
By Hossein Askari
This is a comprehensive and detailed arcticle about how Iran's government is constituted and functions and an analysis . . . more
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October 23, 2006 09:10 AM EDT --
Weekend Edition
October 20 / 22, 2006
Don't Look Back
Who Said Clinton Didn't Kill Anybody?
By WILLIAM BLUM
The cartoon awfulness of the Bush crime syndicate's foreign policy is enough . . . more
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July 02, 2006 01:38 PM EDT --
It's a question I get asked a lot from people who are upset with me when I criticize this president for his massive and multiple failures leading up to and in the execution of the American-Iraqi War. . . . more
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August 23, 2006 06:41 PM EDT --
There is an awful lot of pinging the system going on right now. Testing defenses? Dry runs? I know some of you out there think the whole al Qaeda thing has been blown out of proportion. Of course, this . . . more
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August 30, 2007 04:12 PM EDT --
Sound Barrier
-or-
Lost in
Translation
For those that got dizzy looking down from the green glass tower I posted . . . more
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November 05, 2006 01:55 PM EST --
A Real Shocker Out Of Baghdad…..Saddam Guilty!!
No folks, what you are seeing is right…after three years and the assassination of nearly his entire legal team, Saddam . . . more
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October 12, 2006 09:54 AM EDT --
North Korea's nuclear weapon test has spawned widespread denunciation but the fallout also includes divergent positions on how to respond.
Some U.S. analysts and policy makers say they believe . . . more
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July 03, 2006 03:12 PM EDT --
One of Ahmed Rashid's gifts as a writer is his way of capturing moments of heartbreaking absurdity. In the June 22 issue of the New York Review of Books, his reportage on Afghanistan does just that. . . . more
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June 20, 2006 02:08 AM EDT --
This backgrounder on China from CFR asks some pretty damn good questions about the state of Sino-American relations and the role of China in the world. One of the most important questions in determining . . . more
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February 19, 2007 03:49 PM EST --
Policy question:
Does democratic freedom provide the sufficient infrastructure for the communication links between terrorist cells?
Many proponents of the Bush Doctrine have rightfully criticized . . . more
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February 21, 2007 05:08 AM EST --
The current national security apparatus has seemingly evicted the classical notions of defense in favor of the doctrine of preemptive warfare against rogue states supplying weapons and arms to terrorists. . . . more
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October 03, 2007 11:21 PM EDT --
In past discussions in here at gather.com and elsewhere, I have cited examples of human conduct in times of peace and war. The ongoing debate almost always gravitates to the topic of human ethics, . . . more
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June 20, 2006 10:07 PM EDT --
It really is sad when life imitates "Team America: World Police." But it is. Kim Jong-il has distracted us all. From the CFR, to "Condi Rice's stenographer of choice" at the New . . . more
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